The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-01

their own They have of late made extern
sive improvements and largely increased the
capacity of their Touring mill
Thomas Madden is running his lounge factory
up to its full capacity. Since he nut on his ad-
dition he is working force of 100 men and
turning out 100 lounges per day.
The Salisbury & Vlnton Paper Company re-
port their business as being at high tide. They
pounds day. and find ready sale for all their
product
The Eagle machine works are this week NOV
ing the heavy machinery. lathes. etc.. from
their old buildings, the Union tracks, to
their new shops on the corner of Kentucky ave-
nue. and Missouri street.
Comstock & Coonse. of this city, are building
up worldwide reputation for their pumps.
This week they have shipped pumps to Maine.
New York. Maryland, South Carolina. Dakota,
Nebraska and Missouri.
Sinker, Davis & Co. have made an improve
ment to their engines in the way of an auto
their engines with this Improvement was ship
ped to Falmouth KY, yesterday.
The Eagle machine works have, up to the
present time this year, sold pa straw-stackers.
against l5S In the corresponding period OF 1886,
and the increase in number of threshing- ma
chimes sold this year is proportionately great.
Dean Brothers manufacturing three large
sizeo steam pumps for new cotton mill now
going up in Georgia. They are of sufficient
pumping power to bs used in case of fire. This
firm has just put in large pump at the Terre
daute car works.
John NJ. To Id G. CO.. real estate men. have in
preparation a statement. which they propose to
publish in pamphlet form, showing up the indus
tries of this city and all the advantages it offer
TO manufacturers in its location. its railroad IA
clllties and school and church benefits
Lounge manufacturers are complaining that
under the new law they cannot get satisfactory
rates to distant points. One Indianapolis man
ufacture. last week was unable to fill an order
Tor seven carloads of lounges because OF the
against
Kingan q Co. now killing but 2 600 hogs
per day. They will not shut down at all this
season should the market continue favorable to
operations They bring hogs here from Kansas
and Nebraska largely for their present killing
The company is putting ins several iron lard
tanks with capacity of fifty tierces.
The wool dealers report the season about over,
and the receipts of wool in this market have
fallen about 10 per cent. below those of last
year. One reason assigned is that there are
fewer sheep in Indiana. and another that buyers
have been securing the country, paying as good
prices as were realized on the market
The water-works are now furnishing to the
city 1000 900 gallons of water per day. They
are now running the pumps by steam. the man
ufactories requiring all the water the canal now
furnishes The water will be let out of the canal
July 5. and remain out for fourteen days to
able the company to repair the aqueduct.
Hetherington & Berner have received an order
for four more of the machines for Smelling green
corn preparatory to canning. The Pope canning
company are preparing to do a more extensive
business IN canning corn and tomatoes than ever
before. One Of the machines which they are
getting up for Smelling green will accomplish
more in a day than would twenty hands.
The Tucker & Dorsey Manufacturing Com
pany is running full time and full handed, and
orders are coming in more freely than ever be-
fore Mr. Tucker says his observation and
perence has convinced him that Indianapolis is
the best located city in the Union for manu-
facturers. They have recently made large ship
ments of money drawers to South America and
Australia.
1t is not ninety days since the Byrkit Sheathine
and Lath Company introduced their machine in
the Southern States, the first machine going to
Chattanooga, Tenn. and they have within the
last few DAYS received orders for machines from
Knoxville Tenn. Birmingham. Ala. Richmond
and Norfolk. Va. This lath is we'll adapted to
the style of buildings which erected in the
Southern States.
Work at the steel rail mill still drags. The
rail they manufacture is Acknowledged to be OF
a very superior quality, but they still expert
menting with machinery do away with the
hookers, and are making slow progress in turn
ing out rails. A veteran rail maker says that he
can take three turns of hands and manufacture
$50 tons of rails to every 100 tons that can be
turned out with the new-fangled machinery.
Thus far the season for packers of canned
goods mas been unfavorable The crop of cher
res Disappointing. and so per cent. less have
been canned by Indianapolis houses than last
year. larger amount of strawberries were
canned, however than last year. Indianapolis
and this vicinity is the most noted for the large
quantities of sweet corn and tomatoes canned,
and the prospects in this direction for this year
very promising.
Most of the contractors for brick work and
brick manufacturers, will this year get their
fingers burned, as they now sell every brick
they manufacture at So per 200 more than they
get for their brick which go into the new Union
depot and several other large buildings going
up; the brick have this consolation;
had not the Onion depot been built the demand
for brick would not have been any greater than
at any time for eight years past
Exsheriff John Pressly has invented a fast
ening for holding cattle in their stalls. which
cites considerable interest among stock raisers
Mr.. Pressly got the Brightwood brentwood
works to furnish him with some hard wood fast
enngs bent in a half circle and he has equipped
100 stalls with this device. which is fastened to
the stalls by staples. When the stalls empty
the fastening stands upright, but as soon as the
animal steps into the stall it drops down behind,
as does the breeding OF harness horse.
In this manner 100 head of cattle driven in
and fastened in their stalls in Ave minutes. and
it is much safer than the ordinary plan of fast
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